Atlas V booster (Credit: ULA)A Chinese Long March 3B booster successfully orbited two Beidou navigational satellites on Monday. The flight, which took off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, was the seventh orbital launch by China in 2018, leading all nations thus far.

SpaceX also conducted a static fire of a Falcon 9 booster on Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket is set to launch Hisdesat’s Paz satellite on Saturday using a previously-flown first stage. The launch will be followed by another flight five days later from Cape Canaveral in Florida.Here is the launch schedule for the weeks ahead. Check for updates here.Feb. 17Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9Payload: PazLaunch Time: 9:22 a.m. EST; 6:22 a.m. PST (1422 GMT)Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, CaliforniaBuilt by Airbus Defense and Space, Hisdesat’s Paz satellite will provide radar imaging as well as ship tracking and weather data. The flight will use a previously-flown first stage.Feb. 22